11:52 PM,
Apr. 27, 2013

Former FAMU linebacker Brandon Hepburn was drafted by Detroit in the seventh round of the NFL Draft.

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Brandon Hepburn has always been a dreamer. He once talked about having his own pharmaceutical company. He also saw playing in the NFL somewhere in his future.

On Saturday, the order in which the former FAMU linebacker sees things changed dramatically as he was selected by the Detroit Lions in the seventh round of the NFL Draft.

"My number one focus right now is to learn the playbook and to get familiar with the organization," Hepburn said during a telephone interview Saturday night from his home in Pomona, N.Y. "Everything else is kind of secondary right now. I will put my biochemistry degree to ...